General Meeting dates for 2015
Commencing at 2 pm.
Saturday 9TH MAY
AT CHERMSIDE LIBRARY
375 Hamilton Road Chermside
Brisbane.
THE FOLLOWING MEETINGS
WILL BE HELD AT THE ATO
BUILDING-directions to this venue
will be advised
Saturday 29TH AUGUST
Saturday 28TH NOVEMBER
These dates are also listed on the
calendar on the MAAQ web sitewww.maaq.org

NEW RCGF 1.9 HP 10 CC SPARK IGNITION AVAILABLE IN FEBRUARY 2015.
SEE PAGE 4 FOR DETAILS.
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Have you not been getting your Airflow by mail lately?
Have you changed your address ?.
If you have changed your postal address then please contact your club
secretary and advise them of your address change so you can receive the
next edition of Airflow.

M.A.A.Q. Executive and Office Bearers
President: Tyson Dodd

0417 727981

president@maaq.org

Vice Pres: Mick Dallman

0411 285 665

vicepresident@maaq.org

Secretary: Kathy Moody

07 4634 4078

secretary@maaq.org

Treasurer: Barry McDonald

07 5483 2201

treasurer@maaq.org

C.F.I.: Warren Hathaway

0457 456001

cfi@maaq.org

R/C Admin :

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Airflow Editor: Doug Moody.

07 4634 4078

airflow@maaq.org

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07 32862326

freeflight@maaq.org

C/L Admin: Kerry Ewart

0428 647 658

cladministrator@maaq.org

PRO : Vacant

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Next MAAQ General Meeting date:
9th of May 2015 at Chermside Library
375 Hamilton Road Chermside
at 2.00 PM.
Afternoon tea provided after meeting.
Hope to see you at the next meeting.
PLEASE NOTE THE CUT OFF DATE FOR MATERIAL FOR THE APRIL-JUNE 2015 EDITION WILL
BE 22ND MAY 2015.
Cover Photo: The Lysander has been restored by Mick
Walsh, and is powered by an ASP 91 f/s with a 3 bladed
13 x 6 prop.
This model is 80 inches in span and weighs in at around
10 pounds Difficult to land in strong cross winds due to
its narrow u/c and the high wing location.
Cover by Jim Henry.
email:
cjvogler@bigpond.com

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FROM THE EDITOR.

W

elcome to the first quarter of 2015, by the time you have received this newsletter, the
68th Nationals being held here in Queensland will be only 5 weeks away.
For those planning to enter the closing date for entries is the 27th of March .
I hope that the participants do have a good time at the Nationals and to catch up with old flying
friends at some of the social gatherings held over the time.
The events calendar is filling with some must see events appearing on the calendar. You can find
a condensed version in the newsletter and a larger format available on the MAAQ web site- www.
maaq.org under the events tab. Here you will also find the event flyers and relevant information
containing entry forms.
I would like to thank the advertisers who have tirelessly supported the newsletter over the past 12
months. With the uncertain times of retail in the hobby it is hard to make a dollar and for them to
advertise in the newsletter has a cost as well.
I would encourage the readers to support the advertisers where they can .To the clubs and members I thank you in providing content in the last couple of newsletters and this one as well. This
edition has one of the first club profiles and I would like to encourage clubs to give it a go and send
in your clubs profile. A page of information on your clubs activities and a few photos are all that is
needed. I look forward to hearing from your club soon for an profile on your club.
Mario from RCGF Engines has advised that there is a new 1.9 horsepower 10 cc sparkie coming
out in February. The details are below .

New 10cc Petrol Engine weighing 570 gms with Ignition and muffler has a power output of
1.9HP/1.4kW. 1/4-32 thread
Propeller: 13x6 11,000 rpm,14x6 9000 rpm, RCGF now offer a high voltage ignition unit up to
8.4V, using 1/4 32 thread spark plug,
Carburettor is a newly developed RCGF pump (Diaphragm butterfly valve type) designed by their
own RCGF research and development department.
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Coloured and clear dope
For the true modelling traditionalist, plastic shrink films are a real turn-off. Fabric and dope is
definitely the way to go for quality of finish.

Those modellers that have not used a coloured dope finish really don’t know what they are
missing out on. Coloured dope produces colours so deep you feel like you want to fall into it
and the feel is something totally wonderful. My wife thinks I’m an idiot, but I sit there running my
hand down the smooth soft…even sensual finish….that’s dope.

For a number of years now I have been getting my supplies from a Melbourne supplier that
imports Randolph dope. Without doubt this is a superb product but at around $60 per litre,
quite expensive. Admittedly, it goes a long way. Long ago I bought a gallon of Cub Yellow and
it lasted some ten years even though all my planes for the next ten years were, you guessed it,
Cub Yellow.

Last year I discovered Phoenix Lacquers, an Australian paint manufacturer in Sydney that also
makes nitrocellulose paint, for cars, timber finishes etc. We modellers know nitrocellulose paint
as nitrate dope, so I rang them. They not only make nitrate dope but butyrate as well, at around
half the price of Randolph dope. They make colours identical to Randolph.

So what can you get? Both types of dope come in clear and coloured, shrinking and nonshrinking. Dopes require special thinners and I also buy fabric cement, essentially a thicker
dope, the consistency of thick honey.

Over the next few years we will be celebrating the anniversary of WW1 and 1919 will be the
anniversary year of the England to Australia flight of the Vickers Vimy. I’m already getting an
enlarged version of the David Boddington Vimy laser cut.

But why am I writing about this? The minimum order for coloured dope is, as a rule, 20 litres
but the people are very nice and I recently convinced them to mix me a 10 litre batch of white.
If there were sufficient scale builders in the Brisbane area looking at building WW1 planes over
the next couple of years, maybe we can band together to buy WW1 colours…olive drab then
red, white, blue and black for the markings. The prices are roughly; 1 litre $35, 4 litres $88,
20 litres $300.
This is not an essay on how to use the stuff, I can do that another time, but if there are
modellers interested in joining a buying co-operative (10 would be nice), please contact me
(John Peric, RAAID Club) at pericj@bigpond.com.
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Wolf Models
www.wolfmodels.net
wolfmodels@aapt.net.au

07 54657897

NOW STOCKING COPTERX 450 V2 HELICOPTER KITS
INCLUDING SPARES- MOTORS, SERVOS, ESC’S & GYROS.
LASER CUTTING, PLAN SCANNING &
PRINTING
Wolf Models now has a wide format plan printing and scanning service available. All plans
are sent rolled, not folded, in a mailing tube. Up to 42” or 1065mm wide by whatever length
needed, as it is a roll printer..

LASER CUTTING

Very reasonable prices with a quick turnaround time. We can either work with your CAD
files, or email me your PDF or TIFF images and we will convert them in Autocad for the
laser to use, and also print off a copy for building from. If you only have paper plans then
send them to us and we will scan into our system. Your plans will be returned undamaged
and we can print a new set if you need them.
Check our website regularly for an update of plans we have in stock.
Call us now for an approximate price, or send your plans for an exact quote.
6mm depron sheet and some precut foamies now available.

Photos on right are of John Bray’s latest creation.
It is a Fokker D7 88 inch wingspan, built from a Balsa USA kit with a O.S. 40 cc four
stroke petrol swinging a 20 x 6 prop.
John also has the Avro Avian which was featured in previous Airflow and was at the
Gratton Scale Day last year.
Photos by Alan Grimmer.

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A great afternoons flying at Glamorgan Vale Electric Model Club
(GEMC).
Ben, our club president lines up for a perfect final approach to the
airfield.
The “E” Flight in the picture is an electric Turnigy motor driven aircraft
that performs outstandingly through its full flight envelope. High speed
runs and aerobatics manoeuvres are carried out with ease from this
economic kit combination.
The little “Cubs” also flew and it was entertaining watching these tiny
aircraft operating on the afternoon.
The day was not just for aircraft, the model cars certainly made their
presence felt as they raced around a predetermined course at amazing
speeds.
All in all everyone had a great afternoon and look forward to the next
opportunity to utilise the airfield.
Sincerely,
Doc.
GEMC Secretary.

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All Welcome
FLYING STARTS FROM SUNUP TILL LATE (WITH NIGHT FLYING)
FIELD OPEN FROM FRIDAY
FULL CATERING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
*PILOT REGISTRATION $20 pre entry
*PILOTS MUST be MAAA MEMBERS
*CAMPING with hot showers
*FOR MORE INFORMATION
Email: march-madness@otto1.net

Ph; LYLE 0458724354
EDDIE 0417639088

CLUB PROFILE- SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND AERO MODELLERS
The Southern Queensland Aero Modellers Club, better known as SQAM, consists of
an enthusiastic group of members who fly model aircraft on Saturday’s & Sunday’s
at the Pittsworth Airfield. The Club has a current membership of thirteen members
with a variety of aircraft including multi rotors, gliders, helicopters and assorted
electric and internal combustion planes. The field is ideal for flying model aircraft
however real aircraft often use the field. This only adds to the character of the field
and does not detract from the enjoyment of flying.
Although small in numbers we are very fortunate to have a diverse membership.
SQAM Members can often be seen at fun fly events and competitions across
Queensland and Interstate. SQAM fosters a learning environment for new or
inexperienced members and welcomes visitors to our club any weekend. If anyone
is in the Pittsworth area and would like to spend a few hours or perhaps the
day flying with us use the contact details below and we will be only too happy to
accommodate.
SQAM held a static demonstration of aircraft in November last year incorporating a
sausage sizzle at the Woolworths complex in Pittsworth. The display was viewed
and received extremely well by locals. The SQAM members thoroughly enjoyed
answering questions fielded by both small children and interested adults.
Club members enjoy supporting each other on and off the flying field getting
together occasionally for build/setup nights breathing life into the next new project or
maintaining the fleet. As sure as the sun rises you can bet that come the weekends
model aircraft will be flying at Pittsworth Airport.
Deborah Robinson
SQAM Secretary
Mobile 0429 689 207
P.O.Box 30 Pittsworth QLD 4356
E-mail secretary@sqam.net.au

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Hi Fellow Modellers
As a relatively new member to our club (7 years) I have a keen interest in the members who
have been a mainstay of this club, always willing to assist with any query be it a simple “
what do I do when this is happening – or do you have any idea how I can set this up".
One of these members Ray Thompson (MAAQ license for 28? years) is such a person, his
advice to many new flyers, experience in building beautiful models then being able to fly
them without fuss is something I still try to achieve.
Ray's experience is not limited to our club, he has been able to participate in five State
Events and come home with two Mammoth State Champion Titles, and one Stand Off Scale
Champion title.
The following photos are just some of Rays lovely builds, he told me one day if I get 1 kit to
the field each day in a weekend he won’t fly the same kit twice in a year, lately Ray has been
converting most of the kits to electric and flying the pants off them- his Sea Bee had 20 odd
flights the previous two years and in the last six months after converting has logged 40 odd
flights.
Footnote: At the time of this writing I learnt Ray and his wife Cathy have had a fire in their
house, fortunately both are well as the fire was contained in the hobby room, apparently an
electric fan faulted and while contained in the workroom Ray has lost his collection of
modelling gear.
We are wishing Ray and Cathy all the best.

MADRAMS- MACKAY

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Australian Electric Flight Association

From then ‘till now

In the early 1980s Jack Black campaigned for the development of electric flight in
Australia. From 1982 until he died suddenly of a brain tumour, Jack regularly attended the
Sailplane Expo in Armidale, ran an electric competition at that event (in 1982 it was a State
Association Point Score event) and delivered seminars on electric flight. His protégés at the
time were people like Ian Avery, Peter Cranfield, Wayne Hadkins, Phil Stevenson, Richard
Solomon, John Adams, etc. He also spent many an hour discussing and testing motors with
Phil Connolly who, at the time, specialised in racing R/C electric boats. In those days Ian
Avery published an electric flight newsletter under the title of the “Australian Electric Flight
Society” - anyone who gave Ian $2 received a copy!
The Aussie team for the first Electric Flight World Championships was selected at the
Wangaratta Nationals in 1986 - it was Wayne Hadkins (NSW), John Adams (NT) and Peter
Pine (NSW). At this event in Belgium the three witnessed the First Electric Flight games
masterminded by Peter Blomaart - and brought back the idea of fun electric flight events.
Inspired, Peter started an electric rally in Armidale in 1987. The next year the idea had
grown to a National Electric Flight Rally as a jamboree of electric events and the NEFR was
born - Peter still has the brochures.
In 1989, Ian Avery suggested Nowra as a venue because it would be more central - despite
nearly being rained out, a good number of electric fliers attended Nowra and had a ball.
Then Ray Pike suggested Wangaratta to encourage southern electric fliers to attend, and
the Wangaratta venue became locked in for some time. Even so, the 1990 Wangaratta
event was run under the auspices of the AEFS and Phil Stevenson from Sydney collected
the entries.
Peter conducted seminars and a trade display in Victoria at Glen Waverley school hall in
the early 90s (followed by a day of electric flying at VARMS field) and this was where Peter
met Phil Connolly for the first time. Phil’s interest in Electric Flight increased rapidly and on
June 25th 1993, he chaired the first meeting of the Melbourne based Electric Flight Special
Interest Group, under the wing of the VARMS association.
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Those early meetings were held in Phil’s garage, fortunately, of three car size in view of the
rapid growth in interest, and allowing demonstrations of motors, but somewhat cold in midWinter! The aims were to spread knowledge and to help remove the mystery surrounding
successful electric flight. Even from the start, many of the current ‘names’ were present –
David Hobby, Col Colyer, Malcolm Buckmaster and Cliff Fiddes giving presentations at the
first two meetings.
Then in September and October ’93, the EFSIG had a special guest, Paul Rossiter who
introduced us to scale electric models, arriving with a car absolutely packed with models
– the Gee Bee alone nearly filled the car – or was it two cars, with Kathy bringing the rest
of Paul’s fleet? Paul very soon took on a major role in the EFSIG meetings, acting as cochairman, continuing until his move to WA in November 1996.
On the technical side, these were the days when ‘BB’ meant ‘Before Brushless’, the typical
open F5B motor was direct drive, weighed over 500 grams and was powered by 27 1000
SCR Nicads.
The following year, 1994, saw a major emphasis on competitions culminating in the
Electric Flight Games and ensuing World Championships at Wangarrata. A committee
comprising people such as Ray & Erica Pike, Richard Solomon and Peter Pine, organised
the event and arranged sponsorship by Sanyo Australia. Ray & Erica did much of the local
organization and Peter Pine acted as F5B contest director. Much of the EFSIG meeting
was competition oriented, not just for F5B and F5D pylon, but also for Endurance where
VARMS and the EFSIG put in a serious entry into the Sunrise to Sunset competition. Phil
was appointed team manager for the inaugural electric pylon World Championships in
which the Australian team of Scott Lennon, David Hobby and Bob Hickman won the bronze
medal behind Germany and the USA.
It was at this event that Aveox brought brushless motor technology to the podium, whilst
the German team introduced geared F5B motors. Didn’t electric flight change when these
two technologies were combined!
But it was also the time when the Speed 400 motor was introduced by Graupner and
several presentations and testing activities took place on this ‘novel’ subject. Whilst the
motors have barely changed, massive improvements in cells, micro radio systems, lighter
models and better props, have all given this cheap motor an extended life.
A bit of a lull occurred after the W/C and, to give Phil a rest, the monthly meetings moved
to Mani Riederich’s factory which proved a little too distant for a number of regulars. Then,
Reg Neville came up with a church hall in Mt. Waverley which seemed to have so much
space and heating and seats!. Meeting numbers increased steadily at the new venue. At
the same time, the EFSIG Newsletter was born and sent to a circulation list of just 30 previously news had been included in the VARMS “Aspectivity” Journal. A wider coverage
of the Australian scene was included in the Moore Park Models’ Electric Flight Newsletter
produced by Peter Pine, but this ceased in late 1995, and the EFSIG newsletter spread
interstate.

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Early in 1996, Knut Neuman, Tim Mellor and Mani Riederich took over the production of
the Newsletter and the concept of ‘membership’ was born with a $6.00 annual charge to
cover distribution costs. Then, at the end of 1996, Incorporation and a name change to the
Australian Electric Flight Association occurred with all the necessary establishment of rules,
legal issues and election of officers. Mani Riederich became the first president, with Knut as
Treasurer and Neil Hardiman as Secretary.
The AEFA took over the running of the Easter National Rally, although, in practice, much
of this workload still fell on the shoulders of Ray and Erica Pike. Having off-loaded both
the hosting of Melbourne meetings and production of the Newsletter, Phil followed in Paul
Rossiter’s footsteps and departed for Perth the day after the 1997 Easter Rally, confident in
the knowledge that the AEFA and, in particular, the Melbourne chapter were flourishing
The following years saw much the same format with steadily growing numbers, distribution
lists and general interest in Electric Flight, especially indoor flying. The Newsletter editorship
was ably carried out by various Melbourne based volunteers including David Hipperson and
then, in May 2000 passed to Lou Amadio in NSW.
This proved an excellent move, since it instantly brought much wider, if not fully National,
coverage of the Australian Electric Flight scene. The AEFA Website was created and,
during 2001, an official set of rules and classes for competition were agreed by a committee
appointed at the 2001 NEFR. Under Lou’s reign, the quality of the AEFA Newsletter improved
in leaps and bounds and members owe many thanks to him for his efforts over nearly 3
years. Subsequent editors from NSW were Owen Pearcey, Shawn Armitage and Colin
Fleischmann who kept up the standard.
After a break for several years, Peter Pine resumed his activity on the electric flight scene
with sponsorship of the NEFR event through his on-going involvement with Multiplex. In 2000
the NEFR was conducted at the Wollongong field in conjunction with an Easter Nats. The
rally started to move around after that with an event in Wagga organised by Wayne Hadkins,
and in 2004 it was held in the Barossa Valley, SA (the Barossa Club have asked for the
NEFR at their field again in 2009). It was held once in Sydney and largely organised by Jeff
& Jane Irvin. By 2005 the NEFR was being held in Cootamundra run by the Macquarie Club
from Sydney.
In late 2007, editorship of the AEFA Newsletter turned full circle with Phil Connolly picking up
the role again, but with major assistance from WA, SA, ACT, Queensland, NSW and other
VIC contributors. Part of this role has been to co-ordinate responses and decisions from the
AEFA Rules group with its multi-state membership. The LEG (Limited Electric Glider) rules
which will replace the popular 7 cell glider competition class, is one such case.
So, even ‘though the AEFA as an association was only created in Nov 1996 by Melbourne
based enthusiasts, earlier initiatives and journals from numerous other interstate ‘names’
should not be underestimated. These play a no less important part of the history. You can see
from this account the large number of people from diverse locations who have contributed to
electric flight in Australia; clearly the AEFA is a National organisation more than ever before
thanks to the efforts of these people.
As promised the following page of the Dixie Lander. This model has been a successful
model in the Burford events with a 2.5 cc Taipan diesel and in Electric Nostalgia with a 480
size electric motor and 3 cell 850 mah lipo.If you would like a copy of the plan contact the
Editor.
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2015 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

www.southerncrossairforce.com
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No. 1 - 2015

They can’t stop enjoy flying
Catapult Gliders is a brilliant class to start a flying
career with and the class can also give the expert
flyer lots of fun. Simple, cheap and quick models
to build and flying is spectacular.
Oskar Findahl starts a model
at a school championship

Keep things simple
It is possible to keep things
simple and the flying safe by
adopting a safe setup for the
glider and this is of course
perfect for a beginner. To get
max performance out of your
glider the trim must be more
extreme. To get this trim, your
knowledge about aerodynamics
must be deep which also gives
any expert flyer a great
challenge.

Collaboration
between
aeromodelling club
and school
I have arranged many school
championships, company parties
and fun contests and I know for
a fact that if you put a catapult
model in someone´s hand and
let them try, they just can´t stop
enjoy flying. And the great thing
is that almost all can compete on
the same level, it doesn´t matter
if you are old/young,
man/woman, weak/strong.
In my hometown, Norberg, we
have had for many years now a
great collaboration between our
club and the school. The Swedish
Sport Federation helps to fund
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a great opportunity to promote
flying. Usually we give kids, 12 –
16 years old, the chance fly and
build. The course is four
occasions and we work two hours
each time. At the first three
occasions we have theory about
aerodynamics, building methods
and of course building of the
glider. It is great to see the
youngsters enjoy working with
balsa. The kids nowadays are
often used to that everything
happens so quickly around them,
our course gives them a chance
to discover how great it can be to

work with their hands and let the
work take some time.

Public Letter · 1/2015

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On the fourth occasion we have
our school championship. We fly
eight flights from a start square
25*25 m. The max flying time is
60 seconds and the five best
flights are added to the final
score. The person with the
highest total score is the winner
and gets the name engraved in
our perpetual trophy. During the
contest we usually try to make
breaks to promote our club麓s
other branches. They can try to
fly other freeflight classes, radiocontrol and also see our full scale
planes. Our ambition is to get
more kids interested in aero
sport in general, to show them
how great flying is.

To get new people in
our sport
If you like to have something
extra at a contest, party,
meeting or exhibition, build some
catapult models and let people
visiting your arrangement fly.
You will be amazed how well it
works to get new people in our
sport. If you like some inspiration
material, send me an e-mail and
I will send back a folder with
hints, drawings and addresses so
your start of flying catapult
models will be easy.

!

Catapult models in
progress

" Finished gliders after the
third lesson
# One group of catapult
model fliers from my
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Catapult models at a company
party
young people can learn how
to use energy economically
and efficiently.

Rules for Swedish
catapult class
Model: Open
Bungee: Three gram of rubber on
a maximum 150 mm long stick.
The flyer must hold both the
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www.fai.org/aeromodelling/ciamflyer
Launch. For younger kids and
people who have problems to
stretch the bungee it is possible
to put a bungee on a longer stick
that is secured to the ground,
then the flyer is just holding the
model at launch.

Information Sheet - National Electric Flight Rally 2015
3-6 April 2015 â&#x20AC;˘ NAAS Club Field, Canberra
Willie Emmett Flying Field
The field is on Naas Road, just south
of Tharwa, which is a small township just south of Canberra. Find
your way to the Canberra suburb of
Banks. Continue south on Tharwa
Drive. At Tharwa, continue south
on Naas Road. Willie Emmett Flying Field of the NAAS club is 9.5km
from Tharwa bridge.
GPS coordinates:
-35.583815, 149.061196

Saturday Night Dinner Venue
Vikings Club
Corner Athllon Drive & Rowland Rees Crescent, Greenway ACT 2900
Right next door to Alpha Hotel - 20 minutes drive from field
Upstairs function room, next door to restaurant - 7:00 for 7:30pm Saturday 4 April
Alternate drop main course and sweets - bar available - (02) 6208 6300
(I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if we will be served sweets like this, David - but we will work on it!)

NAAS Club – Naas Road, Tharwa near Canberra
The program is flexible – there will be plenty of time for free flying – including all day Monday. Bring
your projects along and fly them when you can – the more the merrier. Join in this fun and social
event! Fun flying will follow each scheduled event – for example, a 45 minute slot may have been
allowed for an event but it may only take 20 minutes – so, the remaining 25 minutes will be available
for fun flying. All electric fliers are welcome.

Easter Monday 6 April
Free flying – field available for NEFR participants and local club members
There are four rules at this event:
1. You must have fun and enjoy the rally.
3. You must fly safely.

2. You must be a current member of the MAAA or AMAS (can be negotiated).
4. Event rules may be modified to comply with rule 1.

Note : This program is subject to change depending on entry levels and organisational needs – this
version 20-1-15. Consult the AEFA web site for the latest version and for event rules –
www.aefanet.com

NOTE: ENTRY FORM CAN BE FOUND IN CALENDAR
OF EVENTS

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Inc.

MAY FLY-IN 2015

D
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30-31 MAY
Come and join us for a great week end of Flying.
FLYING STARTS FROM SUNUP TILL LATE (WITH NIGHT FLYING)
BRING ANY MODEL GEAR YOU WANT TO SELL
WE WILL BE INCLUDING A BOOT SALE
FULL CATERING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
DINNER SATURDAY NIGHT
*************************************************

*RC Plane/Heli and Control line
*PILOTS MUST be MAAA MEMBERS
*TX POUND FOR 36Mhz
( if anyone still has one )
*FREE CAMPING with hot showers
*FREE REGISTRATION
*FOR MORE INFORMATION
Ph Eddie 0417639088
Email: cd@dalbymodelaeroclub.com

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HABU CHASE & VIDEO/PHOTO SUCCESS AT MASCOT NQ.
This photo is a screen capture from a video filmed in late November 2014 at the Mascot NQ Adil
Road Model Flying Field, Mareeba.
We fly here seven days although Sunday morning is our most popular day with up to 30 or more
members and friends in attendance who look forward to a bbq snag or bacon and egg burger
washed down with a coffee or cold drink served from our customized ex freight container.
A number of pilots drive up the Kuranda Range from Cairns which is a 40-45 minute drive arriving
between 6:30 and 7am. The E-W orientated flying field with a short cross strip and a separate
helicopter area is located on the north side of Mareeba township and is at about 400 metres
elevation.
The mornings are quite warm and pleasant with calm airs until about 8:30am. In the dry season
though the SE trade winds can pick up early and by late morning can reach 25kts or so.
Fellow club members and jet jockeys Matt Holt and Dave Cooper decided that it could be quite
entertaining to use my Dynam Sky Mule as a chase camera for in-flight filming of Mattâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Habu
EDF jet.
So with Dave Cooper as the Sky Mule pilot the chases began. It took two Sundays to get the
flight routines sorted out mainly because of the vastly different air speeds but in the final flight
Matt made several really spectacular overtaking passes mostly with only centimeters to spare.
The Habu was going so fast that if you blink viewing the video then you miss it! Dave found that
the optimum flight path for the Sky Mule was straight up and down the field with wing-over turn
a rounds. Overall the results were a great credit to both pilots and an edited compilation is in
progress.

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The Sky Mule is an attractive 1.5m span twin electric all foam model almost an Aero commander Shrike look-alike made by Dynam and is especially designed for FPV:

The full Habu Chase video clips can be viewed on my YouTube channel at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoaEdwvsWQc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1anNWhFfvs
Also on this channel there is a glider towing and a crash video which might be of interest.

AIRFLOW 31

I must add that mounting a GoPro camera on my other aircraft has also produced some other rather spectacular close encounters.
The photo below was taken from my Top RC Sky Cruiser electric pusher glider
and this was a very near miss with fellow member Richard Beechy’s DA 3D
model.
For those who might ask, the “cracker” on the nose of the Sky Cruiser is a yawslip indicator for evaluating aileron-rudder coordination.
Bill Fraser
Mareeba

I have been slaving over a
hot fire- What have you been
doing?? Flying again.